Berlin International Film Festival - Silver Bear
by LydiaElstadt1394 | created - 17 Sep 2017 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicThe Jury Grand Prix (also Grand Jury Prize, Grand Prize of the Jury) is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition. It is the runner-up to the Golden Bear prize and is considered the second most prestigious prize at the festival.
The award was first introduced at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival in 1965. The prize was also formerly known as the Special Jury Prize. In 2000 at the 50th Berlin International Film Festival, its title was officially changed to "Jury Grand Prix".
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1. Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Swashbuckling adventures of young army recruit Fanfan la Tulipe during the reign of King Louis XV in 18th Century France.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot
Votes: 3,438
Silver Bear - 1952
2 wins & 1 nomination
2. Green Magic (1953)
85 min | Documentary
A group of Italians explore the jungles of South America.
Director: Gian Gaspare Napolitano | Stars: Carlos Montalbán, Bret Morrison, Leonardo Bonzi, Gian Gaspare Napolitano
Votes: 10
Silver Bear - 1953
5 wins & 1 nomination
3. Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini, Virgilio Riento
Votes: 2,188
Silver Bear - 1954
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Another 4 wins & 3 nominations
4. The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Marcelino is an orphan who grows up in a monastery. One day when he eats his small meal in a room full of old things, he gives a piece of his bread to an old wooden Jesus figure--which ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Rafael Rivelles, Antonio Vico, Juan Calvo, José Marco Davó
Votes: 2,666
Silver Bear - 1955
9 wins & 1 nomination.
5. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,232
Silver Bear International Prize - 1956
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Another 9 wins & 2 nominations
6. Amanecer en Puerta Oscura (1957)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in rural South of Spain in the 19th century, tells the story of group of outlaws, from very different origins, trying to survive, hiding from the law enforcement officers in caves in a ... See full summary »
Director: José María Forqué | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Luis Peña, Alberto Farnese, Isabel de Pomés
Votes: 107
Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury - 1957
5 wins & 1 nomination
7. Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)
143 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas, Brij Mohan Vyas
Votes: 1,904
Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury - 1958
2 wins & 2 nominations
8. Tiger Bay (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz, John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell
Votes: 3,165
Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury - 1959
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win & 4 nominations
9. The Love Game (1960)
86 min | Comedy
Victor takes life lightly. Jolly and offhand, he has been a very pleasant companion to Suzanne for two years now. But the young antique dealer is not satisfied with Victor's lightness any ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Louis Maury, Geneviève Cluny, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Robert Vattier
Votes: 146
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1959
1 win & 1 nomination
10. The Coachman (1961)
97 min | Drama
A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after ... See full summary »
Director: Kang Dae-jin | Stars: Seung-ho Kim, Yeong-gyun Shin, Jeong-sun Hwang, Mi-lyeong Jo
Votes: 165
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1961
1 win & 1 nomination
11. Isaengmyeong dahadorok (1960)
109 min | Drama
Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Choi Eun-hie, Jin Kyu Kim, Won Namkung, Shin Seong-il
Votes: 13
12. The Guest (1963)
105 min | Drama
While renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter
Votes: 989
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1963
1 win & 1 nomination
13. The Guns (1964)
80 min | Drama
In an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Átila Iório, Nelson Xavier, Maria Gladys, Leonidas Bayer
Votes: 738
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1964
1 win & 1 nomination
14. Repulsion (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 57,302
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1965
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.
Another 2 wins & 3 nominations
15. Happiness (1965)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance
François, a young carpenter, lives a happy, uncomplicated life with his wife Thérèse and their two small children. One day he meets Emilie, a clerk in the local post office.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jean-Claude Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin, Manon Lanclos
Votes: 9,546
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1965
3 wins & 1 nomination
16. Jakten (1965)
94 min | Drama
A policeman and a teacher catches a desperado in the north of Sweden.
Director: Yngve Gamlin | Stars: Halvar Björk, Leif Hedberg, Lars Passgård, Curt Broberg
Votes: 42
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1966
1 win & 1 nomination
17. Schonzeit für Füchse (1966)
92 min | Drama
A young man and his friend Viktor are two young men from a middle-class house. For their families and their society they have nothing left but contempt.
Director: Peter Schamoni | Stars: Helmut Förnbacher, Christian Doermer, Andrea Jonasson, Monika Peitsch
Votes: 55
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1966
3 wins & 2 nominations.
18. Next Year, Same Time (1967)
87 min | Drama
The advertising editor Hannes Lücke spends the Christmas holiday every year with his family in Münster. He has his new girlfriend, Inge, in a hotel waiting.
Director: Ulrich Schamoni | Stars: Ulla Jacobsson, Sabine Sinjen, Hans-Dieter Schwarze, Johannes Schaaf
Votes: 52
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1967
5 wins & 2 nominations
19. The Collector (1967)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A womanizing art dealer and a painter find the serenity of their Riviera vacation disturbed by a third guest, a vivacious bohemian woman known for her long list of male conquests.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy
Votes: 9,796
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1967
2 wins & 1 nomination
20. Innocence Unprotected (1968)
75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Documentary about the famous Serbian athlete and movie enthusiast who made a feature film during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade and had some problems after the liberation because of that.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Dragoljub Aleksic, Bratoljub Gligorijevic, Vera Jovanovic, Ana Milosavljevic
Votes: 893
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1968
3 wins & 1 nomination
21. Signs of Life (1968)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Three wounded soldiers are removed from battle and given the task of looking after a fortress in a small coastal town. However, the pressures of isolation begin to take their toll on the men.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg
Votes: 2,459
Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury - 1968
2 wins & 2 nominations.
22. Come l'amore (1968)
84 min
Director: Enzo Muzii | Stars: Alfred Lynch, Anna Maria Guarnieri, Giuseppe Salierno, Valentino Esposito
Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury - 1968
2 wins & 5 nominations
23. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 2,042
Silver Bear = 1969
3 nominations.
24. Greetings (1968)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
Three friends in New York City discuss how to dodge the draft and Vietnam, JFK's assassination, voyeurism, computer dating, and everything else.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Jonathan Warden, Robert De Niro, Gerrit Graham, Richard Hamilton
Votes: 3,959 | Gross: $1.00M
Silver Bear - 1969
1 win & 1 nomination.
25. I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969)
100 min | Drama, Comedy
The pupil Rull rehearses the uprising at a grammar school in Bremen and tries to break through the authoritarian structures of his school. The result is a humorous protest movement that demands a democratic school form.
Director: Peter Zadek | Stars: Heinz Baumann, Wolfgang Schneider, Guido Baumann, Margot Trooger
Votes: 140
Silver Bear - 1969
3 wins & 2 nominations
26. Made in Sweden (1969)
89 min | Drama
Two journalists Kristina travels to Thailand to investigate rumors that a Swedish company is engaged in illicit arms sales there.
Director: Johan Bergenstråhle | Stars: Lena Granhagen, Per Myrberg, Max von Sydow, Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Votes: 45
Silver Bear - 1969
1 win & 1 nomination
27. Brasil Ano 2000 (1969)
95 min | Drama
It is the year after World War 3 and the film follows the odyssey of a girl and her mother as they explore a devastated Brazil.
Director: Walter Lima Jr. | Stars: Anecy Rocha, Ênio Gonçalves, Hélio Fernando, Iracema de Alencar
Votes: 139
Silver Bear - 1969
1 nomination
28. The Decameron (1971)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, History
An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 12,106
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1971
1 win & 2 nominations.
29. The Hospital (1971)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A hospital's chief-of-staff struggles to find meaning in his life during a spate of staff deaths.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart
Votes: 7,337 | Gross: $19.71M
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize - 1972
Won 1 Oscar.
Another 6 wins & 5 nominations
30. Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
120 min | Drama
An election campaign becomes more interesting when anonymously published photographs depict the wife of a candidate, Dr. Peyrac, attending a sex party. Are the photographs fake or genuine ?
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Annie Girardot, Mireille Darc, Bernard Fresson, Michel Bouquet
Votes: 175
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1973
4 wins & 1 nomination
31. The Clockmaker (1974)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A Watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso
Votes: 2,836
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1974
4 wins & 1 nomination
32. The Common Man (1975)
100 min | Drama
A family holiday turns to tragedy when hostilities between the French holidaymakers and a group of local Arab workers turns violent.
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise, Michel Peyrelon
Votes: 994
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1975
3 wins & 1 nomination
33. Overlord (1975)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, History, War
During World War 2, a young lad's called up and, with increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training for D-day.
Director: Stuart Cooper | Stars: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam
Votes: 3,235
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1975
2 wins & 1 nomination
34. Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to lynch them.
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa
Votes: 1,874
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1976
2 wins & 2 nominations
35. The Devil, Probably (1977)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc, Laetitia Carcano
Votes: 4,737 | Gross: $0.03M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1977
3 wins & 1 nomination
36. A Queda (1978)
120 min | Drama
This sequel to "Os Fuzis" follows the story of a hard working operator who dies on a work related accident due to the precarious conditions established in the place. But when his superiors ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier | Stars: Nelson Xavier, Leonidas Bayer, Carlos Alberto Baía, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 147
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1978
3 wins & 1 nomination
37. Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 2,044
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1979
2 wins & 2 nominations
38. Seeking Asylum (1979)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Roberto uses alternative teaching methods, but manages to create a special bond with his kindergarten students.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Dominique Laffin, Chiara Moretti, Carlo Monni
Votes: 615
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1980
2 wins & 1 nomination
39. In Search of Famine (1981)
115 min | Drama
A film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Satya Banerjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Reba Roy Chowdhury
Votes: 362
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1981
6 wins & 1 nomination
40. Shivers (1981)
106 min | Drama, History
A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.
Director: Wojciech Marczewski | Stars: Tomasz Hudziec, Teresa Marczewska, Marek Kondrat, Zdzislaw Wardejn
Votes: 523
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1982
7 wins & 1 nomination
41. Hakkari'de Bir Mevsim (1983)
110 min | Drama
A urban Turkish teacher is transferred for political reasons to a backward Kurdish village in the mountains near the Iranian border. He is welcomed with distrust, but during that harsh year the mutual cultural misunderstandings fade away.
Director: Erden Kiral | Stars: Genco Erkal, Erkan Yücel, Serif Sezer, Rana Cabbar
Votes: 1,158
Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize - 1983
4 wins & 1 nomination
42. Funny Dirty Little War (1983)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ... See full summary »
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: Federico Luppi, Víctor Laplace, Héctor Bidonde, Rodolfo Ranni
Votes: 565
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1984
4 wins & 2 nominations.
43. Flowers of Reverie (1985)
102 min | Drama, History
In 1849 the Hungarian revolution is beaten down by the Russian Army. Ferenc Majláth, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, has to choose between imprisonment or getting enlisted... See full summary »
Director: László Lugossy | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jirí Adamíra, Boguslaw Linda
Votes: 133
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1985
1 win & 1 nomination
44. The Mass Is Ended (1985)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Marco Messeri, Enrica Maria Modugno
Votes: 2,021
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1986
4 wins & 16 nominations
45. The Sea and Poison (1986)
123 min | Drama
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 323
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1987
10 wins & 1 nomination
46. The Commissar (1967)
110 min | Drama, War
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.
Director: Aleksandr Askoldov | Stars: Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Lyudmila Volynskaya
Votes: 1,688 | Gross: $0.39M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1988
9 wins & 4 nominations
47. Evening Bell (1989)
90 min | Drama
Five Eighth-Route army soldiers induce a isolated Japanese squad to capitulate.
Director: Ziniu Wu | Stars: Chong Peipei, Qi Zhao, Ruolei Liu, Yaming Ge
Votes: 48
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1989
8 wins & 4 nominations
48. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
153 min | Drama
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher has got it, and it's not much fun.
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Sergei Popov, Olga Antonova, Galina Zakhurdaeva, Natalya Buzko
Votes: 1,404
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1990
2 wins & 4 nominations
49. The Conviction (1991)
92 min | Drama
A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innocence.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andrzej Seweryn, Claire Nebout, Grazyna Szapolowska
Votes: 323
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1991
2 wins & 2 nominations
50. Satana (1991)
106 min | Drama, Thriller
The daughter of Alyona Pavlovna, the chairman of the city executive committee is abducted. The crime is committed by a seemingly handsome young man named Vitaliy. He continues to live, as ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Aristov | Stars: Svetlana Bragarnik, Sergei Kupriianov, Veniamin Malochevskiy, Anatoliy Aristov
Votes: 121
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1991
2 wins & 2 nominations
51. Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. They don't want to lose their place and become village girls again.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Johanna ter Steege, Enikö Börcsök, Péter Andorai, Éva Kerekes
Votes: 651
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1992
3 wins & 2 nominations
52. Arizona Dream (1993)
R | 142 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor
Votes: 45,680 | Gross: $0.11M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1993
3 wins & 1 nomination
53. Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno
Votes: 6,022 | Gross: $2.08M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1994
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 1 nomination
54. Smoke (1995)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga
Votes: 38,167 | Gross: $8.35M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1995
9 wins & 8 nominations
55. All Things Fair (1995)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama, Romance, War
Stig, a 15-year-old student, is attracted to the beauty of Viola, his 37-year-old teacher, and she, drawn to his youth and innocence, feels that he is a God-sent relief for her drunken and miserable husband.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Tomas von Brömssen, Karin Huldt
Votes: 7,566
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1996
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations
56. The River (1997)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or themselves.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Miao Tien, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-ching Lu, Ann Hui
Votes: 3,334
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1997
6 wins & 7 nominations
57. Wag the Dog (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 88,502 | Gross: $43.02M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1998
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 18 nominations
58. Mifune (1999)
R | 98 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Kresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things, including his developmentaly-challenged brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses his wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding
Votes: 8,052 | Gross: $0.59M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 1999 10 wins & 14 nominations
59. The Road Home (1999)
G | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao
Votes: 13,921 | Gross: $1.28M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2000
16 wins & 6 nominations.
60. Beijing Bicycle (2001)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Bin Li, Yuanyuan Gao
Votes: 4,748 | Gross: $0.16M
Silver Bear - Special Jury - 2001
2 wins & 10 nominations
61. Grill Point (2002)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Two couples, each married for quite a long time, live in a small East German town. The film focuses on the relationships between each of the four people and what happens when an affair ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Axel Prahl, Steffi Kühnert, Thorsten Merten, Gabriela Maria Schmeide
Votes: 1,667
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2002
11 wins & 9 nominations
62. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,181 | Gross: $22.25M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2003
Won 1 Oscar.
Another 63 wins & 101 nominations.
63. Lost Embrace (2004)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía, Sergio Boris
Votes: 3,065 | Gross: $0.19M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2004
10 wins & 11 nominations
64. Kong que (2005)
136 min | Drama
China in the late 1970s and early 1980s: the life of an ordinary working family as seen through its three siblings.
Director: Changwei Gu | Stars: Jing An, Li Feng, Changwei Gu, Meiying Huang
Votes: 1,125
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2005
13 wins & 4 nominations
65. Offside (2006)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Mohammad Asarian
Votes: 8,615 | Gross: $0.18M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2006
5 wins & 4 nominations
66. A Soap (2006)
Unrated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragicomedy focused on the relationship between the owner of a beauty clinic and a transgender woman.
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Frank Thiel, Elsebeth Steentoft
Votes: 2,011 | Gross: $0.00M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2006
11 wins & 14 nominations
67. The Other (2007)
83 min | Drama
Arriving at a distant town, a businessman decides to take the identity of a passenger who died during the bus trip.
Director: Ariel Rotter | Stars: Julio Chávez, María Onetto, María Ucedo, Inés Molina
Votes: 538
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2007
14 wins & 9 nominations
68. Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
R | 116 min | Documentary, Crime, War
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, Ken Davis, Anthony Diaz
Votes: 4,115 | Gross: $0.23M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2008
2 wins & 18 nominations
69. Everyone Else (2009)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
While on a Mediterranean vacation, a seemingly happy boyfriend and girlfriend find their connection to one another tested as they bond with another couple.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Birgit Minichmayr, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka
Votes: 4,037 | Gross: $0.10M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2009
7 wins & 18 nominations
70. Giant (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Director: Adrián Biniez | Stars: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas, Néstor Guzzini, Federico García
Votes: 2,189 | Gross: $0.01M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2009
16 wins & 5 nominations
71. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama
Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Director: Florin Serban | Stars: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin, Clara Voda
Votes: 6,554 | Gross: $0.01M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2010
19 wins & 12 nominations
72. The Turin Horse (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi
Votes: 19,439 | Gross: $0.05M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2011
7 wins & 14 nominations
73. Just the Wind (2012)
95 min | Drama
Unknown racist murderers have already attacked four families. Some of them died. Who will be the next on this ordinary day? Inspired by a true story.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Lajos Sárkány, György Toldi
Votes: 1,379
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2012
4 wins & 3 nominations
74. An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013)
75 min | Drama
A Roma family lives far from the urban centres of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The father Nazif salvages metal from old cars and sells it to a scrap-dealer. The mother Senada keeps the house tidy, ... See full summary »
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Nazif Mujic, Senada Alimanovic, Semsa Mujic, Sandra Mujic
Votes: 1,343
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2013
5 wins & 4 nominations
75. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 887,521 | Gross: $59.10M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2014
Top Rated Movies #197
Won 4 Oscars.
Another 127 wins & 218 nominations
76. The Club (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso
Votes: 11,997 | Gross: $0.03M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2015
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.
Another 17 wins & 20 nominations
77. Death in Sarajevo (2016)
85 min | Drama
The major hotel Europe in Sarajevo will receive an important visit on the anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, attack that triggered World War. As the manager of ... See full summary »
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Snezana Vidovic, Izudin Bajrovic, Vedrana Bozinovic, Muhamed Hadzovic
Votes: 1,378
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2016
2 wins & 2 nominations
78. Félicité (2017)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, Music
Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.
Director: Alain Gomis | Stars: Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka, Nadine Ndebo
Votes: 1,152 | Gross: $0.01M
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize - 2017
4 wins & 3 nominations
79. Mug (2018)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A man undergoes a face transplant and experiences ensuing identity issues.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Malgorzata Gorol, Roman Gancarczyk
Votes: 2,807
Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize 2018
1 nomination
80. By the Grace of God (2018)
137 min | Crime, Drama
Three men, abused by the same priest during their childhood, engage in a fight for justice that will expose their personal experiences and question their life with their wife, family, and colleagues.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud, Éric Caravaca
Votes: 8,219
Silver Berlin Bear - Grand Jury Prize 2019 2 wins & 1 nomination
81. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Director: Eliza Hittman | Stars: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Eliazar Jimenez
Votes: 31,176
82. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
121 min | Drama, Romance
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 9,833
83. The Novelist's Film (2022)
92 min | Drama
A novelist visits a bookstore run by a young colleague who's been out of touch, then takes a walk with a film director and his wife. She meets an actress and tries to convince her to make a film together.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Lee Hye-yeong, Kim Min-hee, Seo Younghwa, Mi-so Park
Votes: 1,417
84. Afire (2023)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs
Votes: 7,362
85. A Traveler's Needs (2024)
90 min | Drama
A French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Yunhee Cho, Kwon Hae-hyo, Isabelle Huppert, Hye-young Lee
Votes: 156
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